The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-01-08
THE DAIRYMAN
Forej,g the Feef Of Daiyy cors.

The t'asate has oitel referred 10 thn atient
care with which ali axe cultural qu st0ns are
studied AM examined b. many EagiIsh farm
err, an We cannot bat regard the uaiveisll
effort displayed On all SD b TO al cover better
and more economical methods af iIli tge aud
management As one OF the most h1reIul midi
ca Ions that cure fur agFlcu U3al deps- sion
!, not tar OF Il has bcea Il long M since
We have read " ~ more Iuterc-t the results 4
an agricultural experiment lilau We have
tIken ~ the account of losi Nrruol'- c1per.-
me1t5 IN feeding dairy cow submitted n the
recent conference OF the Hr,t-a j .iry Farm
er5' Association. The points wlirh it was de
sired 10 determine We're: u What Ii the
sln5liesf quaint y Of food upon " hich stall
fed darF cat l. can be SUcee 8 Ully and
| economically kept? t2) 10 villa. .Ntent do r
a further supply of food pay + cot in
! the enhanced value of lAc uit5t O. What
relation sAOuid the Constituents ~ the food
have u each other to produce milk, butter
| or cheese:
| Thirty cows Tia best m5IE. rs in ihe herd
We're selected early III January, and during
! the rema nder Of the month were gwen the
same feed and treatment, and ~ the c.0ee Of
| the month were Welding AN average OF =.
! pounds Of milk daily on a Iatiol weighing,
with its soft food, 50 pounds gross, containing
| IS pounds of dry matter, and costing lUd. per
week February the cows were divided in
| 10 three lots, and the ratlons changed 10 6G
| pouads gross. or 2a5. pounds dry matter.
costing -. 1il5d., which was continued for
showed the following average to which the
analysis of fats and solids Is addict:
Milk, Solids, Fats
lbs. per cent. per ct.
Lot A.....-..........-....lG go rs 339
Lot B.....................27.g I32j 829
Lot Co.. ..............21.T L. 81 $50
While lot 4 yielded ittlo less milk than
the others there il nothing - indicate any
other reason for il than that more of the Tuor-
est mixers were in that lot, and the total av-
erage of the three lots appears to be not far
from what II was at the commencement of the
experiment whea they were receiving a much
heavier aud more costly ration.
At the end Of sX We ks the ration was again
changed the value of that given To lot \ re-
naming as before at 81 ~ ,. per week per
cow that given to tot \ reduce To the value
of g.. 81 81. and that received 10y lot G IN
creased 10 / II. Sd. All the COWS shove less
average during this six weeks ties than III the
preceding six weeks, lot 4 falling to ~ &
pounds, Tot to 2G.2, and lot c to &c 5 Il
Will be seen that they fail off in about the
same proportion, from which 1t appears that
the quantity of food gwen to lot was sufti-
cient so far az the yield If milk was con-
carnel And the conclusion of the commit
| tee, after weighing the animals and the milk,
and Analysing Its composition, is that all the
| extra foo given to lots B aud over and
| above that given 10 lot A had be II wasted, or,
| at most that it made the manure q little moro
valuable we may safely say, add the COM
| mttee that for cows yielding on an average
| III 9 pounds Of mix per week, and we gh ng
| on an average - cwt each, that of a diet haY-
| ing an albuminoid ratio of one - five, - Is
| pounds of dry matter has proved itself in
| every respect sufficient" In conclusion the
| committee observe that "thc immense import
ance of the fact cannot be too strongly ina
| pressed upon dairy farmers that an excess of
| food over and above what the animal can as
simulate is wasted, and it seems equally evi-
dent that the power of the animal 70 assimi-
| late food is not proitablv increased by the
| excessive diet = BreedeFS Gazettr